Elizabyth Hiscox lives and writes in Tempe, Arizona, where she teaches creative writing and composition at Arizona State University at the Polytechnic Campus. An Assistant Poetry Editor for the online journal 42 Opus, she was also a 2007 Poet-in-Residence at St. Chad's College of Durham University, England. Her work has most recently appeared in Gulf Coast, Foundation, and The Journal of Modern Literature, and is soon to be featured as part of the Seventh Avenue Streetscape in central Phoenix.

Douglas S. Jones teaches creative writing and composition at Arizona State University at the Polytechnic campus. He has worked as part of Poesia del Sol at Mayo Clinic, a program that won the Governor's Arts Award for writing poetry for palliative care patients. He recently served as Poet in Residence at St. Chad's College at the University of Durham, England. He has poems placed in Blackbird, Clackamas Literary Review, Cake Train, Potomac Review, and others.

Kristin LaCroix lives in Florence, Arizona and teaches creative writing at Arizona State University at the Polytechnic campus. She is the recipient of the 2001 Katherine C. Turner Award in Poetry from the Academy of American Poets. Her community outreach projects include working with Alzheimer’s patients through poetry, and teaching in the Tempe Community Writers’ Project. She worked as an Education Specialist on the Fort McDowell Yavapai Reservation where she taught creative writing workshops and led the community children in producing a literary journal of their poems, stories, and artwork.

Dr. Claire Lauer teaches courses in visual communication, multimedia composing, and technical communication as an assistant professor in the Multimedia Writing and Technical Communication program at Arizona State University – Polytechnic. She is a certified Webmaster and has taught workshops in Web design and writing for the Web.

Jane Martin has been a professional in the graphic communication industry for 26 years. She holds a bachelor of science in industrial technology and a masters of education in curriculum and instruction. She has been a business consultant, an ISO 9002 auditor, industrial trainer, web designer and course developer. She has written curriculum and taught courses that built student skills in basic graphic arts, prepress, finishing methods, publication production, customer service, print estimating, and organizational management. She has experience designing and teaching courses using distance-learning technology to deliver course material.